Carved vessel depicting seated Old God
Carved vessel depicting seated Old God

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Carved vessel depicting seated Old God,

600–800

Maya (Chocholá style)
Late Classic Period
2012-4

Information

Title
Carved vessel depicting seated Old God
Dates

600–800

Medium
Grayware ceramic with brown slip, traces of red (possibly hermatite) paint
Dimensions
h. 13.5 cm., diam. 15 cm. (5 5/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Mary Trumbull Adams Art Fund
Object Number
2012-4
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Yucatán or Campeche, Maya area

Culture
Maya
Period
Late Classic
Type
vessels (containers), ceramics, gray ware (visual works)
Materials
slip, ceramic
Subject
figures (representations), suns, deities, gods, mythology, iconography, day, night, birds

Dr. Milton Leof, Mexico; purchased by Andre Emmerich, in August 1966; Sagrario de Antendio, in November 1968; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2012.

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